Last September when I was scheduled to take my typical solo round trip around Alaska, I was two days into it and I had to cut it short to return to Anchorage where I was diagnosed with a case of strep throat with a double ear infection. In that time I haven’t had more than two days off until last week.

Three days into THAT vacation I came down with - you guessed it. Strep throat and a double ear infection. I have been laid up the last 5 days expending as little energy as possible This is not a sense of Deja Vu I wish to repeat.

This has just not been my year thus far. I want a do-over.